Citation
(2000), "Abbreviations", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 72 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2000.12772fae.004
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2000, MCB UP Limited
Abbreviations
ACAS Airborne collision avoidance system
ACAWS Advisory caution and warning system
ACE Actuator control electronic computers
ACO Airspace co-ordination order
ACSR Active control of structural response
ACT Active control technology
AEA Aircrew equipment assembly
AJAM Aircraft jigs and media
AMSS Airborne mission support system
APU Auxiliary power unit
AQP Advanced qualification program
ARS Advanced research simulator
ASM Autothrottle servo motors
ATO Air tasking order
AVM Airborne vibration monitoring
BITE Built-in test equipment
BIT Built-in test
BVID Barely visible impact damage
CAMU Concurrent assembly mockup
CAPS Coordinated aircraft positioning system
CARP Computed air release point
CCD Charge-coupled imaging devise
CCOC Engine combustion chamber outer casing
CCP Corrosion control programme
CCV Control configured vehicle
CEE Composite engineering environment
CFD Computational fluid dynamics
CFEM Composite fabric endothermic material
CFIT Controlled flight into terrain
CIP Common integrated processor
CLAWS Control laws
CMM Co-ordinate measuring machine
CNBP Communication-navigation-breaker panel
CNI Communication-navigation-identification
CNI -MS Communication-navigation-Identification management system
CPCP Corrosion prevention and control programme
CDNU Control display and navigation unit
CHDD Colour head down display
CRM Crew resource management
CSD Constant speed drive
CTOT Controlled take off time
CVR Cockpit voice recorder
DDA Dynamic dielectric analysis
DEFORM Design environment for FORMing
DSDTS Dual-slotted data transfer system
DSG Design service goal
DTB Development test bed
DVI Direct voice input
EEC Electronic engine controller
EEPROM Electrically erasable programmable read only memory
EICAS Engine indicating and crew alerting
EFIS Electronic flight instrument system
EGPWS Enhanced ground proximity warning system
EHM Engine health monitoring
ELMS Electrical load management system
EMC Electromagnetic coupling
EMDAP External maintenance data access panel
EMPTCA Electromagnetic pulse test bed aircraft
EMPT Electromagnetic pulse transformer
EMT Electromagnetic topology
EPCU Electrical power control units
ERAS Electronic reporting and analysis system
ERP Enterprise resource planning
ESG Extended service goal
FADEC Full authority digital engine control
FBW Fly-by-WIRE
FDE Flight data exceedences
FDR Flight data recorder
FEA Finite element analysis
FEM Finite element model
FEST Flight engineering systems trainer
FMCS Flight management computer system
FMS Flight management system
FMU Fuel metering unit
FPGAs Field programmable gat arrays
FPI Fluorescent dye penetrant Inspection
FQIS Fuel quantity indicating system
FSFT Full scale fatigue tests
FTR Fatigue type record
GASP Global aviation safety plan
GCAS Ground collision avoidance system
GLA Gusst load alleviation
GSM Generic systems management
GATM Global air traffic management
HALT High accelerated life testing
HFDS Head-up flight display system
HIGGER High integrity GPS guidance enhanced receiver
HIRF High intensity radiation
HMD Helmet mounted display
HP High pressure
HSI Hue saturation intensity
HTTB High technology test bed
HUD Head-up display
IDG Integrated drive generated
IEPS Integrated electrical power system
IMA Integrated modular avionics
INS Inertial navigation system
IRP Integrated refuel panel
ISS Integrated sensor system
LAF Load alleviation function
LCF Low cycle fatigue
LEFT Life extension fatigue tests
LFD Limited function display
LP Low pressure
LPC Low pressure compressor
LPCR Low powered coloured radar
LRU Line replaceable unit
LVDT Linear variable differential transformer
LVR Low voltage electromagnetic riveting
MED Multi-element-damage
MFC Manual fuel control
MFD Multifunctional display
MLA Manoeuvre load distribution
MMS Memory management system
MOI Magneto-optic imaging
MSD Multiple site damage
MTOW Maximum takeoff weight
NGV Nozzle guide vanes
NOx Nitrogen oxides
NURBS Non uniform rational b-splines
NVG Night vision goggle
NVIS-A Night vision imaging system
OLM Operational load measurement
OSA Open system architecture
PATS Proficiency assessment and training system
PCDU Power conversion distribution units
PCP Pilot control panel
PEAT Procedural event analysis tool
PFC Primary flight computers
PLA Power level angle
PROM Programmable read only memory
PSE Principal structural element
RAM Random access memory
RAT Ram air turbine
RDCs Remote data concentrators
RDGT Reliability development growth testing
RSS Relaxed static stability
RRTS Radar remote tracking system
RTB Rotor track and balance
RTM Resin transfer mouldings
RTOS Real-time operating system
SAETG Structural audit evaluation task group
SAM Safety argument manager
SCC Stress corrosion cracking
SCRJ Supersonic combustion ramjet
SEM Scanning electron microscopy
SIDs Supplemental inspection document
SMC Sliding mode controller
SMDS Starch media dry stripping
SSIP Supplemental structural inspection programme
TAWS terrain awareness and warning system
TCAS Traffic alert and collision avoidance system
TEMATS Test equipment management and asset tracking system
TIT Turbine inlet temperature
TLC Thermocromic liquid crystals
UART Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter
VAR Vacuum arc remelting
VIR Vacuum induction melting
VMS Vehicle management system
VSD Vertical situation display
WFD Widespread fatigue damage